Physical Chemistry I--CHEM 3411

Students to be Served: This is an upper divisional physical chemistry course which is required for students
who want to pursue B.S. Chem. or B.S. degrees in chemistry, but is optional for students
preparing for medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, and related health professions.

Prerequisites:

MATH 1830 or 1910 with a grade of at least C-

PHYS 2020/2021 or 2120/2121 with a grade of at least C-

Description: This course will cover fundamentals of thermodynamics and kinetics and their application
in chemical and biological systems and possible selected topics in the area of surface
chemistry, spectroscopy, and macromolecules.Three lecture hours per week

Course Goals: Students will learn the fundamental principles of thermodynamics and kinetics and
their application to chemical and biological systems. Students will be familiar with
concepts such as internal energy, enthalpy, entropy, and free energy and use these
concepts to predict/understand phase transitions, chemical equilibrium, solution properties,
etc. Students will also learn the factors controlling the rate of change and be able
to approach various complex chemical reaction kinetics. While classical thermodynamics
provides primarily a macroscopic view of chemical properties, energetics, and reactivities,
we will also consider the microscopic view of chemical properties and behavior, introducing
elementary concepts from quantum mechanics and statistical mechanics, whose full development
is reserved for future courses.

Example Course Outline:

Properties of Gases

First Law of Thermodynamics and Thermochemistry

Second Law of Thermodynamics and Free Energy

Physical Transformations of Pure Substances

Properties of Solutions

Chemical Equilibrium

Rates of Chemical Reactions

Molecules in motion

The rate of chemical reaction and chemical kinetics

Grades: A comprehensive final examination will be administered in class at the assigned
time. At least one test will be administered in class and graded before the last day
to drop. Other tests, quizzes, and graded assignments, weighting, and grade ranges
are at the discretion of the instructor.

Policies:

Electronic devices such as cell phones and pagers should be turned off in the classroom.

Reasonable and appropriate accommodations will be made for students who present a
memo from Student Disability Services.

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